Regional Team

Asia-Pacific Executive Committee

Honorary Secretary

Irene Leung, Hong Kong

Treasurer

Michiko Hirata, Japan

Publications Secretary

Elsie Lee, Malaysia

Regional Conference Liaison Committee till 2019 Regional Conference

Sriganesh Venkatanarasiah, India

Committee Members

Sung-Kyung Kang, Korea
Karen Healey, Australia
Sharima Ruwaida Abbas, Malaysia
Eva Ponce de Leon, Philippines (Financial Adviser)

Ex-Officios

Theo Ai Hua, Malaysia  (Ethics)
Raed Amira, Palestine (Human Rights)

Immediate Past President

Justina Leung, Hong Kong

Regional Representatives for the IFSW Global Committees

Ethics Committee

Theo Ai Hua, Malaysia
Seyed Hasan Mousavi Chalak, Iran

Human Rights Committee

Raed Amira, Palestine

Education Committee

Karen Healey, Australia
Irene Leung, Hong Kong

Message from IFSW Asia-Pacific Regional President Dr Mariko Kimura

Welcome to the IFSW Asia-Pacific Regional webpage. This page is to support the regional connections of IFSW Asia-Pacific members and a place for members to post news items and information that is of importance to the development of social work in the region. Please scroll down to see the latest regional information.

IFSW has 5 regional structures. Asia-Pacific is largest geographically and most culturally diverse. The IFSW Regional President is Mariko Kimura who is based in Japan. The Member at Large is Rose Henderson who is from New Zealand.

Please send your news items to asia.pacific@ifsw.org and we will post them as soon as possible.